Friday, January 9, 2015

January and the Single Heart by Vi Zetterwall Excerpt

Thirty year old Jan Falkenberg hasn’t been kissed for nearly three
years. On a serendipitous day she finds a peculiar gold coin that
promises to bring luck in life and love. Just in time ... if you
believe in that kind of thing! Jan has some burdensome promises to keep
and a looming deadline. After making her find, she gains a new sense
of confidence ... but nine more months pass and her lips are still
waiting for a tender touch. Self-doubt fills her single heart and a
hint of panic sets in.
As time runs short, her risky promises are in jeopardy. With her
deadline approaching, she faces painful options yet none of her
candidates seem to be Mr. Right. Time and the coin will tell and Jan’s
choice may solve her crisis ... or just break what's left of her heart.
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This story is the first in the Single Heart series of feel-good Contemporary Romance novellas by Vi Zetterwall.

Excerpt:

Glen
followed up with Jan and took a shot. “Say, I, um, I know this is a
longshot but I was just wondering. I really enjoyed our walk the
other day and I thought maybe, um, you might let me take you out to
dinner this weekend…or next?”

With
all that she had going this week leading up to the party, Jan was
really on edge.

And
now this! Just one more male I can add to the list of guys who have
disappointed me. Just when I thought maybe the others have judged him
too harshly, he goes and tries again to involve me in his sleazy
ways.

For a brief moment, she
flashed back to the image of Dustin spewing lies right to her face.
With her rage building, she let him have it with both barrels. “I
don’t believe you. What is it with you guys? Can’t you keep it in
your pants for fifteen minutes? You’ve got a girlfriend you’ve
been living with for five years. Why don’t you take her out
instead? The answer is NO! NO! NO! I won’t help you cheat on your
live-in girlfriend. Can I be any clearer than that?”

Glen
raised his hand and tried to jump in. “Jan, honestly, you don’t
understand. I made a—”

Jan
interrupted him immediately. “I do understand! And that’s what
makes me so mad. If I had a nickel for every guy who claimed I didn’t
understand, I could pay off the national debt. Everyone knows about
Vicky and how you treat her. You are disgusting to me. I don’t want
to go out with you and I don’t want to talk to you anymore. Just
leave me alone.”

“Jan,
really, Vicky is an alley cat. I made a mistake back when—”

“Shut
up! Just shut up! You use that kind of language about her as though
she has lower morals than you.
You’re the one cheating on her.
I don’t want to go out with someone who cheats. Please, leave me
alone. If you see me coming, you better walk the other way or so help
me, I will deck you.” With that, she brushed past him and left the
room. As she walked out into the office, two dozen pairs of eyes were
on her. It hadn’t really occurred to her that there were so many
people in the office still working. They heard it all and it just
didn’t matter to Jan.

I’m
tired of taking everything lying down. From now on, I’m fighting
back and no two-timing cheater is going to make me back off.

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